IPL: 5 prolific players who have represented both Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings
India-Pakistan, Australia-England, India-Australia, Australia-South Africa - In this list of historic rivalries, one can add Chennai Super Kings-Mumbai Indians. Both CSK & MI are the most consistent teams in the history of IPL. Because of CSK’s 2-year hiatus, Mumbai Indians went ahead of their archrivals regarding title victories. In short, CSK vs. MI is the ‘El Clasico’ of Indian Premier League.
Over the years, a handful of players have moved between the two franchises. Among them, let us look at 5 prolific players who produced the maximum impact.
Honorable Mentions: Parthiv Patel, Tim Southee, Thisara Perera, Karn Sharma, Jacob Oram, Ben Hilfenhaus, Akila Dananjaya
#5 Harbhajan Singh
The Turbanator is the only player to represent Mumbai Indians for 10 consecutive seasons from 2008-2017. He is the second leading wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians with only Malinga ahead of him. However, the franchise decided not to retain him ahead of the 2018 auction.
Since CSK arrived at the auction table with the aim of buying experienced players, Mumbai Indian’s decision made things easy for CSK. Though Harbhajan has not taken enough wickets in this season, he has kept things tight with the economy rate of 7.48.